Eddie Howe said:

"You always want to win every game, but you have to respect the game. The performance was the main thing for us. We wanted to be ourselves. We played our way, and individually we were much better today.

"I thought Gordon did really well today. There were some brilliant moments. I was really pleased with him. Our midfield was really tested. It was really good.

"It was a really good performance from us. We committed, we were brave. That's our best display of the season, no doubt, with and without the ball. Really good signs for us.

"Anthony Gordon epitomised that spirit and determination to be aggressive. I thought the work he got through was really impressive. Big, long-distance runs prove he is getting back to his best in terms of fitness levels. The team backed that up.

"Anthony probably needed a bit of love today – of course it’s difficult for me to love the players all the time, sometimes you have to give them the opposite in order to get the right responses.

"Manchester City are a very difficult team to press but we were committed and brave. On another day we could have won. I do think we’re a difficult team to contain.”

"He’s really good for the game, having him here makes the game better. Our goal is to try and get closer and closer to City – they’re the benchmark."

AG has his head turned

Newcastle's number 10 spoke post-match to say:  

"I don’t think fans will ever quite know what that stuff will mean in terms of, like, I’ve got family in the stadium, of course, watching. I’ve got a little son, so they’re memories that will stay with me forever. 

"So yeah, I don’t think they quite know what it meant to me, but I heard about it yesterday, but I don’t think until I seen it today I knew how I would feel. I was almost crying on the pitch. It was a bit of an adrenaline rush.

"Amazing day. Best fans in the country and they carry us through games like that! Eddie (Howe) just said in the dressing room he got a Newcastle United display there.

"I don’t need any persuading to stay here. I’ve been excited to sign the contract for a long time. It shows my commitment to the club which has never been in question."

Gordon then posted on social media "memories that will stay with me forever, thank you." 

Pep Guardiola: 

"I said to him (Eddie Howe) I admire him and the way he approaches the game. Newcastle press high and are so hard to play against. They have a lot of legs. When you are a manager you are always polite to an opponent who is trying to do the right things.

"In general, we played really good. Newcastle are impossible to contain over a whole 90 minutes. At 1-0 we made some bad decisions and did not make it 2-0. We would like to have won but we take the point.

"It was difficult, with their physicality because they defend so deep and they defend so well. After the goal they scored, they had five or 10 minutes but it’s always like that at St James’ Park.

"We made a mistake, and after that they were better, but in the end we had the chances to win. 

"We had the chances. (Nick) Pope was brilliant with the saves, but we take the point - they played really well."

A second half penalty conversion by Anthony Gordon gave Newcastle a deserved point against the reigning Premier League champions at Gallowgate on Saturday.  

Gordon led the line for United in the absence of toe injury victim Alexander Isak and won the spot kick when caught by City goalkeeper Ederson, coolly dispatching his effort into the Leazes End net. 

The visitors got their noses in front ten minutes before the end of a closely-contested first half of few scoring chances - Jack Grealish evading Kieran Trippier and finding Josko Gvardiol in the box, who steered a low effort beyond Nick Pope and inside his far post.

The most cohesive 45 minutes of the season for Eddie Howe's side almost ended on a positive note in added time when Ederson did well to block's Joelinton powerful shot. 

A measure of the United manager's satisfaction with what he'd seen though came as he retained the same line-up - in stark contrast to the wholesale changes made during the interval at both Wolves and Fulham.

And that confidence was repaid when Gordon burst into the box to reach Bruno's perfectly-weighted through ball, tempting Ederson into contact and tumbling over.

Barnes then narrowly failed to reach one dangerous centre from Gordon as the Magpies sought to exploit the lift that the equaliser gave both team and crowd. 

Momentum began to sway back towards the visitors however; Pope punching the ball away to keep Haaland at bay before the Premier League's top scorer failed to keep a header down on what was becoming an ever-more frustrating afternoon for him.

Substitute Sean Longstaff almost had a sensational introduction to the game; dragging his shot agonisingly wide of the far post, before Pope did well to deny Bernado Silva an added time winner. 

Groans that had greeted the announcement of seven additional minutes betrayed the fact that City had regained the initiative, but in truth they never quite clicked and Newcastle kept them at bay without needing to resort to obvious time-wasting or gamesmanship.

Had the penalty - or an equaliser - not arrived, then the committed home performance would have provided crumbs of comfort from defeat, at least in terms of showing characteristics missing in previous games. We've certainly played worse this season and won.

As it was though, something more tangible was evident from the start, with greater momentum and a clear strategy of looking to spring the City defence with balls into the space behind left back Gvardiol - Kieran Trippier and Jacob Murphy both attuned to that eventuality. 

Gordon's goal and the point earned were also a deserved return for a performance from United's number 10 far more akin to last season than this - harrying opponents constantly in a makeshift striking role.

In the aftermath of the surrender at Fulham, this game looked to be a daunting task. In the event though, City's visit to Tyneside was opportune; their status inspiring us to step things up and their own lack of a ruthless streak meaning that our shortcomings weren't truly exploited.

Biffa